Shloka 236
Vyāsa’s Boon-Offer and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse in the Forest Assembly (आश्रमवासिक पर्व, अध्याय ३६)
वयमत्राग्निना युक्ता गमिष्याम: परां गतिम् । “संजय! तुम किसी ऐसे स्थानमें भाग जाओ, जहाँ यह दावाग्नि तुम्हें कदापि जला न सके। हमलोग तो अब यहीं अपनेको अग्निमें होम कर परम गति प्राप्त करेंगे”
vayam atrāgninā yuktā gamiṣyāmaḥ parāṃ gatim |
Sabi ni Nārada: “Dito, kami’y nagpasyang makipag-isa sa apoy at pumanaw tungo sa pinakamataas na kalagayan. Sañjaya, tumakas ka sa isang pook na hindi kailanman maaabot at masusunog ng lagablab ng gubat na ito. Kami nama’y iaalay ang aming sarili sa apoy dito at mararating ang sukdulang hantungan.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage emphasizes vairāgya (detachment) and steadfastness in one’s chosen dharmic end: those who have completed worldly duties may embrace a deliberate, disciplined departure, while those not meant to die there (Sañjaya) should preserve life and continue their responsibility.
Amid a spreading forest fire, Nārada instructs Sañjaya to escape to safety, while declaring that the others will remain and enter the fire, treating it as a final sacrificial offering of themselves to attain the supreme state.